This is Beirut, 23/07 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
More than 100 aid organizations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor. Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, where ...
Tylia El Helou, 23/07 14:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As Lebanon teeters on the edge of another potential war, with Hezbollah’s arms drawing the country closer to full-scale conflict with Israel, a more existential question arises: Why does the Lebanese state continue to abdicate its constitutional responsibilities? Why is the government still unwilling, decades after the Taif Agreement, to assert ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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At dawn on Wednesday, an Israeli infantry unit of approximately twenty soldiers crossed into Lebanese territory, infiltrating the village of Mari in the Hasbaya district. The incursion was launched from the vicinity of the border town of Abbasiye. On the ground, Israeli forces searched multiple homes, both occupied and abandoned, conducting ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More than 100 aid organisations warned on Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza ahead of the US top envoy's visit to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and an aid corridor. Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory, where more ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States said Tuesday that it was sending an envoy to the Middle East for talks that aim to finalize a "corridor" for aid to war-ravaged Gaza, where authorities said people are dying of starvation. Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's globe-trotting negotiator, is traveling to the region for new talks, State Department spokeswoman ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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United States envoy Tom Barrack called on the Lebanese government on Tuesday to make a clear decision on how to implement disarmament, warning that time is running out to avoid military escalation. In an interview with Al Jadeed TV, Barrack said, “President Donald Trump wants to help Lebanon in these difficult times,” noting that “there is ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hussein al-Sheikh, vice president of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday said he met the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, in the occupied West Bank. Sheikh, a close aide to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and seen as a potential successor, said the meeting took place in his office. The meeting was Huckabee's first ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Some Israeli far-right leaders held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss redeveloping the Gaza Strip into a tourist-friendly "riviera", as Palestinians face a worsening humanitarian crisis in the devastated territory. The meeting, titled "The Riviera in Gaza: From Vision to Reality", was held in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, under the ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli drone launched two missiles on Tuesday at a vehicle in the Ain al-Mazrab area of Tebnine, South Lebanon, causing destruction. Later that night, an Israeli force, supported by three military vehicles including a bulldozer, advanced from a newly built position on Jabal al-Batt near the outskirts of Aitaroun. The force began excavation ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 18:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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France's foreign minister urged Israel on Tuesday to allow international journalists into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza to "bear witness" to the situation after 21 months of war. The United Nations and human rights groups say Gaza and its population of more than two million people face famine-like conditions, with near-daily deaths ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations and the European Union expressed outrage at the Israeli army’s daily targeting of civilians seeking food aid in Gaza, condemning the act as 'indefensible.' The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ...
This is Beirut, 22/07 13:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes killed 15 people in the Palestinian territory Tuesday, just hours after the World Health Organization said Israel attacked its facilities amid expanding ground operations. The civil defense agency has accused Israeli forces of killing Gaza residents on a daily basis during the gruelling 21-month ...